Celebrity Cruises’ employees and other South Florida residents turned out this morning to welcome Celebrity Solstice as the ship begins its U.S. debut.

The sleek, 122,000-ton ship includes the industry’s first half-acre Lawn Club with real grass and Hot Glass Show with live glassblowing demonstrations; 10 varied restaurants; truly unique entertainment expressly designed for the ship’s state-of-the-art theater, and a breadth of accommodations, including an entirely new category, AquaClass.

Amidst a series of preview cruises for invited travel agents, press and other dignitaries, Celebrity Solstice will be named in formal ceremonies November 14, and will enter service November 23 on a series of seven-night Eastern Caribbean sailings.